Life to Bobbitiser cops?

Abraham Thomas | New Delhi

Three policemen accused of Bobbitising a person inside a Rajasthan police station 16 years ago may end up in jail for life after the Supreme Court on Monday suggested “exemplary punishment” for them.

The cops, accused of chopping the penis of the man, had got off the hook with a relatively minor sentence of four years awarded by the Rajasthan High Court.

Directing the CBI, investigating the role of the three policemen, to produce documents in favour of a higher sentence, the Bench of Justices Markandey Katju and TS Thakur said, “There is a limit to nonsense. There is something called civilised behaviour.”

Noting its concern over the case, the Bench said, “There has to be a strong and deterrent punishment…Just because you are policemen, you can’t do this. Today you chop off somebody's penis, tomorrow you can chop off someone’s head.”

Fortunately, the CBI too had pressed for exemplary punishment in the case as it noted that the trial court had awarded the policemen life sentence. But it was the Rajasthan High Court that took a lenient view of the matter and modified the sentence to four years. In doing so, the high court held that there were no independent witnesses to support the claim of victim Jugta Ram.

Jugta, who worked at a liquor shop in Barmer, had illicit affair with his employer’s wife and daughter and it was this reason that drove the owner, Beru Singh, to hand him over to police for questioning.

The accused cops — SHO Sohran Singh, ASI Sumer Dan and Kishor Singh — brought Jugta to the Sadar police station and questioned him in connection with the complaint. When he confessed to his illicit affairs, the policemen took out a razor and chopped off his penis. Despite the brutal act, the policemen enjoyed a free run till 2004, when the investigations got transferred to the CBI

I must commend the Supreme Court for taking a quick decision on the above matter.
But I cannot help wondering why is the Supreme Court not equally active when a woman is raped.
In both cases the sexual organs are defiled but we have seen cases drag on for years where women are concerned.
Is the above more heinous than when a woman is affected?